Chilling text message sent by terrified daughter to hero dad who then rescued her from the clutches of drunk Syrian sex attacker

A GERMAN father is being hailed a hero by police after rescuing his daughter from a refugee sex attacker and then turning the suspect in.

The 57-year-old man raced to the crime scene in the town of Kleve after his daughter telephoned him to say; "There's a man following me home dad....."

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German police have hailed the dad a true hero

When he got there the man had punched his daughter almost unconscious, was on top of her and tearing at her clothes after dragging her from the side of the road into undergrowth.

Her dad, who arrived at the scene on a push-scooter, leaped off screaming, hauled the drunken attacker off his daughter and punched him several times.

He then held him down with his body while calling police and an ambulance on his mobile phone.

A police patrol car raced to the scene and took the "heavily intoxicated" Syrian into custody.

He is facing charges of assault and attempted sexual assault.

The victim was taken to a local hospital for treatment but later released.

The 23-year-old had been to a disco with friends the previous evening, could not find a cab at 5.30am on Sunday morning to get home so began the two mile walk to the house she lives in with her parents

The girl called her father when she began crossing from side to side of the road, each time her would-be attacker trailing her

Her attacker, 23, is understood to live in an asylum seekers' home in Kleve.

"This man is a hero," police said of the dad.

"He saved his own daughter from something terrible happening to her."

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